Ni(II)–Mg(II)–Al(III) catalysts for hydrogen production from ethanol steam

ADRIANA ROMERO; MATÍAS JOBBÁGY; MIGUEL LABORDE; GRACIELA BARONETTI; NORMA AMADEO

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Elsevier

Lugar: Amsterdam; Año: 2010 vol. 3-4 p. 407 - 412

0920-5861

The effect of the Ni(II)–Mg(II)–Al(III) layered double hydroxide (LDH) activation conditions over the  surface and bulk composition and the catalytic performance in ethanol steam reforming (ESR) is studied.  Ternary oxides were prepared by thermal decomposition of LDHs synthesized using the homogeneous  precipitation method with urea. Catalyst precursor is submitted to two different activation treatments: calcinations at 400, 500, 600 and 700 °C with subsequent reduction at 720 °C, or direct reduction at 720 °C. The samples were characterized by sorptometry, H2 chemisorption, ICP chemical analysis, thermogravimetric analysis, X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectronic spectroscopy and temperature programming reduction. The catalysts obtained by calcination at 600 °C and then reduction at 720 8C and those directly reduced at 720 °C showed the better performance in ESR. The precursor submitted to a proper thermal treatment develops, through a decoration-demixing process, a Ni(II)-poor spinel-type shell onto NiO domains.